The championship was launched by the President of the Asian Tug-of-War Association, Rawi Pas from Thailand, who was later accompanied by the President of the Brunei Darussalam Tug-of-War Association, Pg Hj Jadid bin Pg Hj Omarali to be introduced to the participants.

Brunei Darussalam national team in action against Ministry of Development ‘A’. – KHAIRIL HASSAN

In Group B, Brunei Darussalam National Team won all their matches against EWC ‘A’, RB Tugger (by default), Ministry of Development ‘A’ and RBAF ‘B’.

In other matches, Ministry of Development ‘A’ beat Zan Gym and EWC ‘A’. Anak Belait ‘B’ lost both to Zan Gym and RBAF ‘B’, while RB Tugger lost all their matches due to ‘walk over’ for failing to show up.

In Group A, Sabah won all their matches defeating RBAF ‘A, UNISSA and Anak Belait ‘A’. EWC ‘B’ also won all their matches, beating UNISSA, Ministry of Development ‘B’ and Anak Belait ‘A’.